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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 15 FEBRUARY
UPDATE: 15/02/2024 15 February 1853, Alfred Beit, financial genius, born in Hamburg. 15 February 1882, Street Lights tested in Kimberley,…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 08 FEBRUARY
UPDATED: 08/02/2024 8 February 1900, City Hall architect Fergus Carstairs-Rogers hit by Long Tom shell splinter in the Kimberley Club.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 01 FEBRUARY
01 February 1876, The High Court of Griqualand West moves from Barkly West to Kimberley. 01 February 1899, Tramline between…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 18 JANUARY
UPDATE: 18/01/2024 18 January 1908, The municipal Merryweather fire engine, now in the mine museum, replaced. 18 January 1977, Belgravia…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY – 2 NOVEMBER
2 NOVEMBER 1933, Colonel Deneys Reitz, Minister of Lands and Irrigation, announces the proposed VaalHartz Project, the biggest conservation and…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 5 OCTOBER
UPDATED: 05/10/2023 5 October 1894, Bevil Gordon D’Urban Rudd MC born. 5 October 1895, Nazareth House Chapel opens for worship.…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 14 SEPTEMBER
14 September 1902, Kimberley’s new synagogue on Memorial Road opens. The Memorial Road Shul opens for services The Jewish Synagogue…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 31 AUGUST
UPDATED: 31/08/2023 31 August 1918, CBC Building Fund have produce sale at the City Hall. 31 August 1945, 1000 people…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 17 AUGUST
UPDATED: 17/08/2023 17 August 1872, The New Rush’s first church opens on Newton (Dutch/Hertzog) Square. 17 August 1908, Famous SA…
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TODAY IN KIMBERLEY’S HISTORY 29 JUNE
UPDATED: 29/06/2023 29 June 1882, A 120 carat diamond and a 78 carat diamond found in the Elma Mining Company…
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